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...Its new fund — known as Strategic Investment Partners V — plans to buy risky debt, including junior loans and convertible bonds, as well as preferred stock....
...Oaktree Capital is seeking to raise $10bn for a new fund that will help finance large private equity takeovers, taking advantage of a void on Wall Street as other lenders are sidelined....
...Appearing via video link from a locked down Madrid, Ms Botin said those estimates were based on a “V-shaped” recession — a sharp shock followed by a rapid recovery, but stressed this was only one possible...
...Greece’s former finance minister says the EU must not repeat the mistakes of the country’s bailout....
...Dell’s holding company, Denali, has set up a capital stock committee, made up of independent directors, to review any changes to the shares in future....
...It reminds us of Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC (TCEH) in 2011....
...Bankruptcy We discussed this at some length on Monday because it reminded us of Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC (TCEH) in 2011....
...A publicly listed company, Jain has attracted international investors such as Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, the International Finance Corporation and George Soros’s Quantum Fund....
...Related link: Hicks blocks sale of Liverpool FC March 2009 Mr Gillett hires advisers to review his finances after it emerges that he needs to reduce his debt burden....
...Dubai will hope it can welcome more bankers like V. Shankar....
...Abdulrahman al-Saleh, director-general of the department of finance, said that the holding company could sell some of its foreign investments and real estate holdings, which include the QE2 cruise liner...
...Wendell V. Graham, Washington DC, USA TF: In total about 24 UK stocks can be bought in the US....
...JPMorgan is left holding the bag on $70bn in hung LBO bridge loans; the firm’s stock price has swooned from $53 per share at the start of summer to about $46 per share....
...The frontrunner was Jim Dinning, a former finance minister who went on to a senior job at a Calgary-based power utility and was, most recently, a well-connected corporate director....
...Nordic Capital Fund V last week said it had agreed to acquire a controlling equity stake in Nycomed, marking its return to the company it owned from 1999 to 2002....
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